Jill Palumbo is an award-winning and published artist living in Muncie, Indiana. Palumbo loves working in polymer, ceramic, glass, and acrylic and also enjoys photography. She works out of her home in both her indoor and outdoor studios. 

Palumbo is passionate about art, is mainly self-taught, and is inspired by nature, textures, and world cultures. Palumbo spent over thirty years teaching French, Japanese, and Spanish to high-school students and is now teaching English, citizenship, and general studies to adult refugees and immigrants. As an intentional world citizen, she is active online and enjoys rubbing elbows with fellow artists both at home and around the world. Palumbo is a member of the Muncie Artists Guild and the International Polymer Clay Association.